Acts 17:31
Good News Translation
For he has fixed a day in which he will judge the whole world with justice by means of a man he has chosen. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising that man from death!"

New Revised Standard Version
because he has fixed a day on which he will have the world judged in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”

Contemporary English Version
He has set a day when he will judge the world's people with fairness. And he has chosen the man Jesus to do the judging for him. God has given proof of this to all of us by raising Jesus from death.

New American Bible
because he has established a day on which he will ‘judge the world with justice’ through a man he has appointed, and he has provided confirmation for all by raising him from the dead.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Because he hath appointed a day wherein he will judge the world in equity, by the man whom he hath appointed: giving faith to all, by raising him up from the dead.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Because he hath appointed a day wherein he will judge the world in equity, by the man whom he hath appointed: giving faith to all, by raising him up from the dead.

he hath appointed.

Acts 10:42 And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that it is he who was appointed by God to be judge of the living and of the dead.

Matthew 25:31 And when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his majesty.

*etc:

John 5:22,23 For neither does the Father judge any man: but hath given all judgment to the Son. . . .

Romans 2:5,16 But according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou treasurest up to thyself wrath, against the day of wrath and revelation of the just judgment of God: . . .

Romans 14:9,10 For to this end Christ died and rose again: that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living. . . .

1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore, judge not before the time: until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts. And then shall every man have praise from God.

2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all be manifested before the judgment seat of Christ, that every one may receive the proper things of the body, according as he hath done, whether it be good or evil.

2 Timothy 4:1 I charge thee, before God and Jesus Christ, who shall judge the living and the dead, by his coming and his kingdom:

2 Peter 3:7 But the heavens and the earth which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of the ungodly men.

Jude 1:14,15 Now of these Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying: Behold, the Lord cometh with thousands of his saints: . . .

given assurance.

Acts 17:18 And certain philosophers of the Epicureans and of the Stoics disputed with him. And some said: What is it that this word sower would say? But others: He seemeth to be a setter forth of new gods. Because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection.

Acts 2:23,24,32 This same being delivered up, by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, you by the hands of wicked men have crucified and slain. . . .

Acts 3:15,16 But the author of life you killed, whom God hath raised from the dead: of which we are witnesses. . . .

Acts 4:10 Be it known to you all and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God hath raised from the dead, even by him, this man standeth here before you, whole.

Acts 5:30-32 The God of our fathers hath raised up Jesus, whom you put to death, hanging him upon a tree. . . .

Acts 10:39-41 And we are witnesses of all things that he did in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem: whom they killed, hanging him upon a tree. . . .

Acts 13:30,31 But God raised him up from the dead the third day. . . .

Luke 24:46-48 And he said to them: Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer and to rise again from the dead, the third day: . . .

1 Corinthians 15:3-8 For I delivered unto you first of all, which I also received: how that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures: . . .

Context
Paul Before the Areopagus
30And God indeed having winked at the times of this ignorance, now declareth unto men that all should every where do penance. 31Because he hath appointed a day wherein he will judge the world in equity, by the man whom he hath appointed: giving faith to all, by raising him up from the dead. 32And when they had heard of the resurrection of the dead, some indeed mocked. But others said: We will hear thee again concerning this matter.…
Cross References
Psalm 9:8
And he shall judge the world in equity, he shall judge the people in justice.

Psalm 96:13
before the face of the Lord, because he cometh: because he cometh to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with justice, and the people with his truth.

Psalm 98:9
At the presence of the Lord: because he cometh to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with justice, and the people with equity.

Matthew 10:15
Amen I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

Matthew 24:14
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world, for a testimony to all nations: and then shall the consummation come.

Luke 22:22
And the Son of man indeed goeth, according to that which is determined: but yet, woe to that man by whom he shall be betrayed.

John 5:22
For neither does the Father judge any man: but hath given all judgment to the Son.

John 5:27
And he hath given him power to do judgment, because he is the Son of man.

John 12:48
He that despiseth me and receiveth not my words hath one that judgeth him. The word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

John 16:10
And of justice: because I go to the Father: and you shall see me no longer.

Acts 2:24
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the sorrows of hell, as it was impossible that he should be holden by it.

Acts 2:32
This Jesus hath God raised again, whereof all we are witnesses.

Acts 10:42
And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that it is he who was appointed by God to be judge of the living and of the dead.

Acts 17:6
And not finding them, they drew Jason and certain brethren to the rulers of the city, crying: They that set the city in an uproar are come hither also:

Acts 17:18
And certain philosophers of the Epicureans and of the Stoics disputed with him. And some said: What is it that this word sower would say? But others: He seemeth to be a setter forth of new gods. Because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection.

Acts 17:32
And when they had heard of the resurrection of the dead, some indeed mocked. But others said: We will hear thee again concerning this matter.

Romans 2:16
In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.

Hebrews 6:2
Of the doctrine of baptisms and imposition of hands, and of the resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

Acts 17:30
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